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1892 Map of Beverly

Name: 1892 Topographic Map of Beverly
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1907
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1907

About this map

The Tygart River valley and the high ridges of the Alleghenies define this 1892 survey of central West Virginia. Beverly serves as a primary settlement along the river, flanked by smaller communities like Valley Bend and Huttonsville. The topography is dominated by parallel mountain ranges, including Rich Mountain and Laurel Hill, which funnel the drainage of the Cheat River and its various forks.

One of the most intriguing details on the sheet is the Boundary Line in Dispute between Randolph and Pocahontas counties, reflecting the era's ongoing legal and geographic clarifications in the mountainous backcountry. High elevations are punctuated by numerous named peaks, such as the prominent Spruce Knob and Bickle Knob. Remote outposts like Travellers Repose and Hard Scrabble suggest the difficult transit and isolated homesteads that characterized life in the high Sprucem T during the late nineteenth century.